IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 18284 accession number: HEN.M.32-1933 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Comb morion, for infantry use, with a blackened finish. Formed in one piece with a rounded crown that curves down at each side and rises to a high, roped medial comb; and an integral brim that is turned down at each side and curves up to a point at the front and rear. The edge of the brim has a file-roped inward turn accompanied by a narrow, recessed border. The comb is decorated with a single incised line at its crest, and a pair of incised lines at its base. The base of the skull was originally encircled by fourteen round-headed lining-rivets with brass, rosette washers. The second from near rivet on the left side is now missing. The two rivets in front of it have been replaced by ones with flat internal heads that retain fragments of the leathers for the attachment of missing cheek-pieces. In the course of replacing these two rivets, their rosette washers have become damaged. The two corresponding rivets on the right side also retain fragments of leathers for the attachment of missing cheek-pieces. These rivets are fitted with square, internal washers. Three of the other surviving rivets are fitted with circular or octagonal internal washers. The two central rivets at the left side retain a fragment of the original linen lining-band. A pair of rivet-holes pierced at the nape, just above the level of the lining-rivets, served to attach a missing plume-holder. The helmet has suffered slight denting or deformation towards the rear of the crest of its comb, and at the front, rear and left side of its brim. title: comb morion NOTES ----- type: history note value: An undated, illustrated circular, formerly in the possession of Gerald I. Mungcam Esq. (photograph of it held by the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds), shows that this was one of a series of such morions offered for sale by Fenton & Sons, 11 New Oxford Street, London, for a price of £5. 5s. 0d. each. Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: J.S. Henderson creditline: J.S. Henderson Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18284 TECHNIQUES ---------- formed in one piece with a rounded crown that curves down at each side and rises to a high, roped medial comb; an integral brim that is turned down at each side and curves up at the fron and rear; hammered, shaped, riveted, with incised decoration on a blackened ground hammered TECHNIQUES ---------- forming CATEGORIES ------ category: armour DATING ------ creation date: 1580 - 1580 creation date earliest: 1580 creation date latest: 1580 culture: 16th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 35.5 dimension: Height units: cm value: 29.2 dimension: Weight units: kg value: 1.58 dimension: Width units: cm value: 24.3 CITATIONS -------- European Armour in the Tower of London ---